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n (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
n (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. On a triangular sail, the 'clew' is the trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
n (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
n (archaic form of|clue)
v (nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)